Create diversity

The president has announced his nominations for his new cabinet. But his nominations are all white men. Where are the women? Where are the minorities?

If all his nominees are confirmed, only two women - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius - would remain on the 16-member Cabinet, which includes Vice President Joe Biden.

Obama is assembling an all-boys club of white males and sticking to a comfortable crowd of insiders from East Coast circles. He has missed opportunities to bring women in at the cabinet level.

Women voters put Obama over the top in his re-election and now he is ignoring them when it comes to top appointments. There is now a substantial imbalance in the Cabinet and the president doesn't seem to care.